frankenwrench
overkill is under rated!
Well gentlemen I'm about to change the block in my truck. Again! Same as avitar. The PO of my truck had the moter rebuilt and had the crank to cam timing 180 out and of course the engine fried. Instead of fixing it I rebuilt a 6.9 I found in an 85 e 350 and put in place of the 7.3 that was in it and pretty sure I messed it up somehow as well.
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willing to bet that this thermocoupler had something to do with it now that I'm tearing it apart. Literally just fell apart while taking it out. More pics of interns to come. A generous member hooked me up with a running 7.3 to drop in it's place again and will try to keep pics and progress so if anyone sees me doing something wrong please chime in. This far I have dropped the transmission and the exhaust and pulling turbo prepping for the removal of the wiring and fuel system and drained the block and disconnecting accessories. Going to take this time to try and dust out the engine bay once block is removed
. As soon as those come out of the diesel bucket tomorrow I'll be cleaning me some threads. Pretty sure PO of the 7.3 was either in a bind or having some sourcing issues. Lol. Not too shabby though. Don't see any evidence of leaking from the "custome" fitting. I think I'll be cleaning up the 7.3 and maybe some paint and some minor things to it but I believe it seems sound enough to drop in as is. Was curious as to weather I would have to pull heads due to stuck glow plugs(had this issue before wit PO and Auto lites on 6.9) but this block was owned by a real gentleman/lady because I pulled all 8 with ease and all beru. Pleased me that I don't have to mess with it yet
